LIVE STOCK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 11, 13 March 1902, Page 13

LIVE STOCK.

THE ADDINGTON MARKETS. There were fair entries at Add ington market. Of fat cattle there was an entry of 193 head, and at the opening of the sale bidding was slack, a number of lots being passed in. The values of beef may be quoted at last week's average — 16s to 21s per 1001 b. For beef per head steers fetched from £6 10s to £9 12s 6d, and heifers £5 10s to £8 12s 6d. Cows and store cattle also showed a small yarding. Yearlings brought 20s to 33s ; 15 to 18 months, £2 12s to £3 3s 6d ; three year old steers, £6 15s ; dry cows, £2 8s to £4 15s. For fat sheep there was a fair demand for a medium entry of freezing and butchers' sheep presented, and

prices on the whole were rather, though not quotably, better than last week. Though the ewe market was irregular, freezing iwethers brought from 15s to 17s 6d ; wethers and maiden ewes, 13s 6d to 15s 6d ; best fat ewes for the butcher, 10s 6,d to 13si 3d ; others, 7s to 10s ; and a special line of Shropshire Down ewes brought 16s. There were 2462 fat lambs in the pens, 1532 of which were taken for export, 229 by the butchers, and 701 were passed at auction. Freezing lambs reached 12s 6d to 14s Id ; tegs, 14s 5d to 14s 7d ; light weights, 9s 8d to 12s ; butchers' lambs, 6s 7d to 13s. Store Sheep, owing to the shortness of feed, did not sell freely, and business was limited. There was a fair entry of pigs, with a good demand for porkers and large stores ; but for baconers the demand was rather easier. Ba,conera fetched 38s to 48s, and extra heavy 545, equal to 3£d to 3£d per Ib. Porkers brought 21s to 30s, or about 4d per 1b ; large stores, 15s to 23s 6d ; medium, 9s to 13s ; suckers and weaners, 4s to Bs.